Sports
Girl’s Basketball Game
On Thursday, December 3, the Urbana High School girls basketball team competed against Mattoon in the Oscar Adams Gymnasium. Although the lady tigers played hard, they lost by just two points with a final score of 34-32. “The game was okay the first half, but as we got a chance in the second half, we got into... »
Add Some Football to Your Feast
While you’re eating your turkey and spending quality time with your family, there will be three football games going on. Did you know that this tradition has gone on for decades? How did this tradition come to pass? Let’s find out! George Richards, new owner of the Lions, wanted to boost attention and attendance for... »
Girl’s Cross Country Places 12th at State
This weekend, for the first time in 27 years, the UHS girls cross-country team and made it to the state meet. Our exciting experience on the road to state began two weeks earlier at the regional race on UHS’s home course, Orchard downs. We had a great race as a team and won the regional... »
Kickin’ it with Kat
Katarina Marjanovic is no stranger to the tennis court. With nine years of practice, she knows the sport well. All her hard work paid off too: she’s the number one girl’s tennis player in the Big 12 conference. As her teammate, I’ve had the chance to get to know Kat, as we call her.... »
Winter Tryout Info.
This Winter is expected to have great and successful sports. Boys’ and girls’ basketball are having tryouts, while in boys’ wrestling and boys’ swimming and diving, nobody is cut (although in swimming, you obviously have to be able to swim). Cheerleading (coached by Imani Brown) has already had their tryouts for JV, too. Greg Hall,... »
The Homecoming Game
It was homecoming for the Tigers, as they hoped they could get their first win of the year. Overall, the Urbana Tigers (0-7) were facing a tall task as they were facing Decatur MacArthur (5-2). Urbana lost to Eisenhower last week and MacArthur lost at home to Normal Community. Robert Smith of MacArthur ran... »
UHS Football Senior Night
Going in to Friday’s bash of last place teams, Eisenhower had lost 25 straight games. Urbana was trying to get out of a slump themselves, and trying to do it on senior night, a special night. It started out pretty good for the Tigers, No. 22 running the opening kickoff back for the touchdown,... »
Cross Country Team Takes Home Honors from Lanphier Invite
The Urbana High School Cross-Country team is off to a good start with the girls taking second at twin-city and losing to Centennial by three points. The team was lead by Senior Zita Hubler who finished in second place followed by Senior Marissa Marrone in fourth. This wasn’t exactly what the girls were hoping... »
MLB Postseason Predictions
Well it’s finally here! Starting Wednesday and Thursday, the teams who qualified for the playoffs are starting the division series (best of five, first team to win three games, and the series starts in one place, then after two games shifts to the other teams stadium, then if it reaches a fourth or fifth... »
Swing, Swing, Swing!
When you think about high school sports, football, basketball and track always seem to come to mind. But this week, The Echo has uncovered one of Urbana High School’s less-known athetic programs: the Golf Team. Coached by Chad McFarland, the golfers have their season from mid-August through mid-October. The 2009 season has brought many improvements... »
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